Imma chrysoplaca

Imma chrysoplaca is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

Imma chrysoplaca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Imma
Species:
I. chrysoplaca
Binomial name
Imma chrysoplaca
Meyrick, 1906

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are purplish fuscous, with ochreous-yellow markings. There is a small spot on the base of the costa, and a moderately large subtriangular spot on the costa about the middle, the extreme costal edge between these is yellow. A moderate streak is found around the apical fourth of the costa and termen to near the tornus, broadest at the apex of the wing, narrowed to the extremities, the extreme apical margin black. The hindwings are fuscous.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (September 6, 2019). "Imma chrysoplaca Meyrick, 1906". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1906 (2): 195. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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